The establishment vs Uber

[kandrathe]

There was something about cabs and innovation in here at one point. But hey, why bother talking about that, when we can talk about the world's most fascinating topic: How Marxist FIT is! We certainly haven't had any of those threads before.

-Jester

Back on track...

I see the same behavior in AirBnB. It seems more common where the political system is entrenched (vested) in establishing (protecting) markets for any special interest that might topple the reigning political hegemony. Innovation, free markets, and personal freedoms for that matter are less important in a Bloombergesque regime. I've yet to see how a Bill de Blasio asserts himself.

I'm very interested in Tesla, and anything Elon Musk is forwarding. A carbon free future will require a massive change in transportation. A change we really can't put off until the day its suddenly ready. An electric car is the easiest step that will probably have the largest impact, but on top of that we need to reassess the need to own our own expensive bit of transportation infrastructure entirely. Uber does a part of this. It means we don't need to always align our lives along defined transit corridors. Musk, has a good vision for a theoretical replacement for high speed, long distance transit.

But, we need to innovate. We need to try, fail, and improve it over time.